• Hydrocarbon Properties & Handling
• Regulations & Requirements
• Terminal Operation and Safety Management
• Vessel Operations and Interaction with Terminal
• Terminal Emergency Organization
• Security & Safety According to International Standards

By the end of this training course, the participants will be able to:

• Identify the important aspects of operations of oil & gas marine terminals
• Follow the international regulations & requirements
• Carry out planning of storage & transfer systems for different petrol products
• Understand the procedure of interaction with oil tankers and gas carriers
• Manage and organize the emergency response plans in case of oil spill
• Apply updated methods of risk assessment in marine terminal operations

This BTS training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Marine Terminal Facility Managers and Coordinators
• Terminal Superintendents, Supervisors and Engineers
• Safety and Environmental Managers, Engineers and Officers
• Spill Management Team Members
• Transfer Supervisors
• Marine Shipping Coordinators
• Dock Maintenance Planners

Day One: Cargo Properties

Competency Description: Familiarization with technical properties of oil & gas cargo

Key points

• Main types of oil & gas transferred
• Details of storing oil & gas
• Significance of fire hazard regarding oil & gas

Topics to be covered

• Course Overview and Introductions
  
  
• Dangerous Cargos
• Toxicity
• Confined spaces
• Breathable atmospheres
  
  
• Hydrocarbon properties
• Crude oil
• Liquefied Petroleum Gas
• Liquefied Natural Gas
  
  
• Fires & Explosions
• UEL & LEL
• BLEVE
• Pancake cloud explosions

Day Two: Storage & Transfer

Competency Description: Understanding technical aspects of terminal storage & oil-gas transfer

Key points

• Main types of oil storage tanks
• Details of transfer systems
• Organization of ship-shore transfer

Topics to be covered

• Storage Tanks
• Atmospheric aboveground storage tanks
• Floating roof, fixed roof, variable vapors space and pressurized tanks
• Tank inspections & cleaning
  
  
• Transfer Systems
• Centrifugal pumps design and operation
• Piping systems
• Flow and pressure matching

• Ship-shore Transfers
• Marine Loading Arms
• Lightering
• The Ship/Shore Safety Checklist

Day Three: Harbor & Vessels

Competency Description: Familiarization with elements of harbor and vessels 

Key points

• Main structural elements of harbor
• Technical characteristics of pipelines and hoses
• Significance of shipboard management

Topics to be covered

• Jetties, quays, wharves & SBMs
• Harbour design and construction
• Sizing & tidal effects
• Depth constraints & dredging operations
• SBM design & construction

• Hoses
• Cargo compatibility
• Marking & testing
• Storage & maintenance
• Shipboard management
• Disposal of tanks washings, slops & dirty ballast
• Bunkering
• Communications & emergency response plans

Day Four: Safety and Risk

Competency Description: Ability to identify the major hazards involved in terminal operation

Key points

• Main types of potential ignition sources
• Fire-fighting organizational measures
• Risk assessment and risk mitigation measures

Topics to be covered

• Ignition sources
  • Electrostatic charge
  • Hazardous zone classification
  • Intrinsically safe equipment
    
    
• Firefighting & protection
• • Fire detection systems
  • Fire-fighting systems
  • Shipboard firefighting systems
    
    
• Risk
  • Risk assessments
  • Risk management
  • Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment techniques

Day Five: Terminal Management

Competency Description: Familiarization with all activities related to the terminal operation

Key points

• Cargo transfer support including berthing support
• Emergency measures planning and organization
• International regulations and standards

Topics to be covered

• Storage & transfer planning
• Berthing support
• Cargo transfer support
• Emergency response
• Vessel departure support
• Security and vessel access
• International regulations & requirements for oil & gas marine terminals

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing a minimum of 80% of the total course duration.